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Turkmenistan definition

Turk·meni·stan (tərk men′i stan′, -stän′)

  1. Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
  2. country in central Asia, on the Caspian Sea, north of Iran: became independent upon the breakup of the U.S.S.R. (1991): 186,400 sq mi (482,774 sq km); pop. 3,523,000; cap. Ashgabat: formerly, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic

Related Forms:

  • Turkmenian Turk·me′·nian (tʉrk mēn′ē ən, -mēn′yən) adjective

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